JoCo Sports

10/15/2026

The North Carolina High School Athletic Association released its 2026 Women's Volleyball brackets this afternoon, and eight different Johnston County squads are still in the hunt for postseason glory. It was almost nine, according to our friends at VarsityNC, as Wilson's Mills just missed the 2A fie...

10/14/2026

The latest episode of the podcast is out now. As a bonus this week, we catch up with West Johnston volleyball coach Lillie Burns to chat about the Wildcats' perfect regular season. Check it out here, or wherever you enjoy your favorite podcasts:

Podcast Want to go a little deeper with high school football coverage in Johnston County? The JoCo Sports High School Football Podcast is your new home for all things prep football. Each week, we'll feature in-depth analysis, previews of the games coming up and interviews with media personalities an...

10/14/2026

Week 9 preview:

It's a heavy bye week with Clayton, North Johnston and American Leadership Academy not in action, but we're lacking in quantity we're making up for it in quality. Well, at least for the marquee. Cleveland's loss to Garner last week makes this week's home tilt with Southeast Garner all the…

10/08/2026

This week's podcast is out!

Podcast Want to go a little deeper with high school football coverage in Johnston County? The JoCo Sports High School Football Podcast is your new home for all things prep football. Each week, we'll feature in-depth analysis, previews of the games coming up and interviews with media personalities an...

10/07/2026

Week 8 preview:

It's a simplistic headline, but one that accurately conveys the current state of Johnston County high school football. There are undefeated Clayton and Cleveland, and then the rest of the county sides on the wrong side of the .500 mark. Everyone not wearing a shade of blue has a combined…

10/06/2026

It's a day late, and perhaps a dollar short, but here's a peek at what's happening in the prep realm this week in Johnston County: https://twitter.com/CvHSRams_Sports/status/2106902329769287969?s=20 https://twitter.com/athletics_sss/status/2106885893873176746?s=20 https://twitter.com/njhspanthers/st...

10/01/2026

The latest episode is out now.

Podcast Want to go a little deeper with high school football coverage in Johnston County? The JoCo Sports High School Football Podcast is your new home for all things prep football. Each week, we'll feature in-depth analysis, previews of the games coming up and interviews with media personalities an...

09/30/2026

West Johnston sits at 19-0 as the volleyball season reaches the final stretch.

In a perfect world, I'd have nothing else to do but to keep tabs on Johnston County high school sports. Or, maybe I should say a more perfect world, since a perfect one wouldn't have me doing much of anything. Nevertheless, it's far past time for me to devote some…

09/29/2026

Week 7's preview is ready to read. Get the latest on Clayton/SE Raleigh; Princeton/WRH and more.

09/28/2026

Clayton, Cleveland stay perfect while West Johnston rights the ship in Week 6:

Clayton and Cleveland kept perfect seasons intact with comfortable Week 6 victories while West Johnston notched a much-needed Carolina Pines 6A victory. For all that and more, let's press on: Clayton 55, Smithfield-Selma 7 — Clayton rolled to its sixth straight win to start the season with an easy...